Qibla and Place of Prayer
1,358 questions
How can a Tunisian Muslim man legally marry a Russian woman who has converted to Islam, given her father's consent but his inability to be present?
Does the answering of one of two prayers, which were prayed at the same time, mean the answering of the second prayer?
Is it permissible for a woman to pray in the market in the manner of "Salat Hurmat al-Waqt" (prayer to honor the time), performing tayammum on a wall and praying with her head while walking and looking straight ahead, without raising her hands for the takbir, as mentioned by Dr. Muhammad Nuh?
Is my prayer valid and accepted in this house, in which impurity has been widespread for a long time, with my clothes that I sat with throughout its different parts? And is impurity excused if it has spread throughout the house?
Do jurists and the four schools of thought agree that the place for the transitional takbeers, tasmee’ (saying “Sami‘a Allahu liman hamidah”), and tahmeed (saying “Rabbana wa lakal hamd”) is between the two rukns (pillars/parts of the prayer), and is going to a distant mosque that applies this considered an act of extremism (tanattu‘)?
Is it permissible to recite Al-Fatiha silently by mistake in the first rak'ah of Maghrib prayer, then repeat it aloud, and perform two prostrations of forgetfulness after the tasleem?
What is the ruling on a wife wearing nail polish that is difficult to remove before major ritual impurity (janabah) and prayer, and is not removed until after the prayer time has elapsed?
What is the ruling on praying in a place where there is a live insect very close to the worshipper, but without touching it? And does the prayer become invalid by that?
Is it permissible for a woman who experiences intermittent discharge to combine the ablution for the Night Prayer with the ablution for the Dawn Prayer?
Is it permissible to place the right hand over the left during prayer?
Does the prayer become void if the worshiper forgets to say the Takbir when standing up from the first Tashahhud, then remembers it only while reciting Al-Fatiha, so he interrupts it, says the Takbir, and then resumes reciting it?
What is the ruling regarding one who bows (rukūʿ) before completing the recitation of the Qur’an, or rises from prostration (sujūd) before completing the supplication (duʿāʾ), or remains for a long time between the two prostrations to complete the supplication?
Is it permissible to wear socks with a unicorn drawn on them and pray in them?
What is the ruling regarding my mother praying sitting down on the train when she is able to pray standing, but she does not wish to appear before men, knowing that she delays Fajr prayer until its time has passed so she can pray it standing? And what is the criterion for inability to stand, given the possibility of finding a place in other carriages or the available place being dirty?
What is the ruling regarding the prayer of an Imam who deliberately bows after the congregants?
Do prayers that were offered facing the wrong direction for a year have to be repeated due to an error in applying the direction-finding method, and is it obligatory to perform all the prescribed prayers in the mosque despite its distance from the place of study?
Should a girl continue to desire marriage to a young man in whom she has observed bad character, such as his looking at pictures of naked women, despite repeatedly seeing him and hearing his name after performing the Istikhara prayer?
What should one do who notices traces of urine on his underwear after prayer, and feels drops of urine descending during prayer despite his attempts to completely empty his bladder? And is it permissible for him to place paper tissues in his underwear to prevent urine from reaching it?
What is the ruling on praying on a rug that has the name of Allah written on it in the place of prostration?
Is it permissible to complete the Tashahhud while standing up for the third Rak'ah after prolonging the sitting for the first Tashahhud, or must it be completed while sitting?
Is it obligatory for the Imam to perform a prostration (sujud) after reciting a verse of prostration in the Fajr prayer, then sitting and being alerted by the congregants, then completing the prayer without prostrating before or after the taslim (salutation)?
Is it permissible to marry a young man who has tattoos on his body, and what is the ruling on ritual purity (taharah), the validity of ablution (wudu), and prayer (salat) in their presence?
Is it permissible for the one afflicted with سلس (urinary incontinence) to wash the affected area and wear a cloth (protective measure) shortly before the prayer time begins, in order to catch the congregational prayer, or is that, like his ablution, only permissible after the prayer time has commenced?
Is it permissible to combine error and correction in the Takbir (Saying " Sami‘a Allahu liman hamidah " then " Allahu Akbar ") while moving to prostrate in prayer, then perform the prostration of forgetfulness (sujud as-sahw) after the taslim? And is it obligatory to stand and say the Takbir before descending for the prostration of forgetfulness?